I'm trying to quit smoking...

[Dallas Alvis II]

I used to smoke about a pack and a half a day and I've been able to cut down to like 6 smokes a day but I just can't seem to make more progress past that amount. I don't know about the nicotine gum, works for some people and others say it's all BS. Any ex-smokers here have any advice?

[Ωbright]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

If you succeed, let me know how you did it. I've cut way back also, but I just can't seem to quit 100%.

It's gotten way too expensive to smoke anyway. It's insane. I've started buying tobacco in a can, with a box of tubes. I roll my own, and it's about 1/3 the price.

...and it's STILL too expensive.

[Stormy]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

I had a friend who cut down to 2 cigarettes a day, down from like a pack, by just not having as many on him during the day. He found that by only having that many on him it made it easier to make them last.

I don't have any first hand experience with such addictions, so I can't help any more than that.

[Eso Teric]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

Stop smoking. I used to smoke 2/pk a day.

Now I don't smoke most days, but I do any chance I can. This is because I'm poor. No income.

So, stop buying them. Have some control over yourself. Chew gum.

[josh]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

I've been wrestling with that beast for five years. good luck, cuz I haven't had any.

[Biggie]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

I went broke.

That helped a ton.

But I would still have a few smokes whenever I drank. Just feels good.

Then a year later I got the job at the pawn shop. Got so bored I picked up smoking again for about two months.

But the kind of regular customer I deal with smells like a wet dog that smokes 9 packs a day. And that was enough to turn me off from smoking for good

Though when I am stressed or drinking I still crave one from time to time, but really I think I have it under control now.

[madcopper]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

I don't think it's necessary to stop completely smoking, you just really need to control it. Such as, find what makes you want to smoke and perhaps stop doing that. Or if that seems silly to you only smoke when others have cigarettes and buy one off of them. That way you will spend less money (probably more per cigarette though) and you will only be able to smoke when others have cigarettes available.

I smoke on occasion but oddly enough I have never had a "craving," i think its been like two months since I last had a cigarette and I don't want one, even if I did smoke one today I probably still wouldn't want one for a long time. But that's just me.

[Denmo]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

I did the math with my little brother who smokes, and a $45-50 pack of nicarrete gum is actually cheaper than buying more cigarettes, even if you consider that each gum piece replaces only one smoke.

[Ms. Porkchop]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

I smoke. And it sucks. I want to quit. We should start a Quit smoking forum and we can all be accountability buddies

[Nixon]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

I have nothing but respect for anyone who's quit or trying to quit. It's not easy. It seems like NRT works for some people, and not others.

[IRC]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

Exercise helps me not want to smoke as much but driving and reading are the two things that I smoke the most doing.

[Toaster]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

I've only had maybe 5 cigarettes in the past month, and that was at work last weekend.

I've not been buying. My motivation to quit is that it makes exercise harder on me than it should be, primarily. I keep getting the urge to go to the gas station and buy a pack of smoke, but I keep resisting.

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[Nixon]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

Just keep putting it off. Keep saying you'll do it later, and then never get around to it. Good luck!

[altoecko]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

Sunflower seeds seem to be the most effective(Did I pick the right one?) thing to stop smoking amongst all my friends. Just keep a bag around and pop some seeds in your mouth every time you feel the urge to smoke. At about 400 seeds for 50 cents it's a much cheaper alternative to gum and lollipops or whatever else you use to satiate the oral fixation. I've had 4 friends quit successfully with Sunflower seeds.

[Ms. Porkchop]

Re: I'm trying to quit smoking...

I quit the entire time I was pregnant and for months afterwards when I was breast feeding and then one day I just caved and was hella cranky and needed a smoke. Ugh. I'm an idiot.